enamor
verb
en·am·or i-ˈna-mər 
enamored; enamoring i-ˈna-mə-riŋ
-ˈnam-riŋ
transitive verb
1
: to inflame with love —usually used in the passive with of
2
: to cause to feel a strong or excessive interest or fascination —usually used in the passive with of or with
baseball fans enamored of statistics
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Forcing poor Russians to quit cold turkey amid the horrors of war likely didn’t enamor the peasant, worker or soldier to the tsar. 
Mark Lawrence Schrad, Time, 20 July 2021 We were enamored of paddling water that rarely, if ever, saw a canoe. The Editors, Field & Stream, 5 June 2020 Maloney worked on Lumenocity for three years with the founders of Brave Berlin and said he was enamored with the projection mapping art form. Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 9 Oct. 2019 Perkins was entering his fourth year as Buccaneers’ head coach, and both he and Buccaneers owner Hugh Culverhouse (also an Alabama graduate) were enamored with the player Perkins had originally recruited to Alabama. Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 22 Apr. 2020 Additionally, legislation filed March 19 by Rep. Savannah Maddox, a freshman Republican from Dry Ridge, is evidence that not everyone in Frankfort is enamored with Beshear's response to the coronavirus. Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 25 Mar. 2020 No Waterproof Depends on model Sizes Depends on modelBattery lifeAt least 6 monthsNot everyone is enamored with the glossy, digital-faced smartwatches of recent years. Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2020 Hosts Carrie Ann Inaba and Sheryl Underwood appeared to be particularly enamored with his high-energy performance. Stephen Daw, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2019 Like his more famous contemporary, Spencer was enamored with the idea of evolution. Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2020 See More
Mark Lawrence Schrad, Time, 20 July 2021 We were enamored of paddling water that rarely, if ever, saw a canoe. The Editors, Field & Stream, 5 June 2020 Maloney worked on Lumenocity for three years with the founders of Brave Berlin and said he was enamored with the projection mapping art form. Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 9 Oct. 2019 Perkins was entering his fourth year as Buccaneers’ head coach, and both he and Buccaneers owner Hugh Culverhouse (also an Alabama graduate) were enamored with the player Perkins had originally recruited to Alabama. Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 22 Apr. 2020 Additionally, legislation filed March 19 by Rep. Savannah Maddox, a freshman Republican from Dry Ridge, is evidence that not everyone in Frankfort is enamored with Beshear's response to the coronavirus. Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 25 Mar. 2020 No Waterproof Depends on model Sizes Depends on modelBattery lifeAt least 6 monthsNot everyone is enamored with the glossy, digital-faced smartwatches of recent years. Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2020 Hosts Carrie Ann Inaba and Sheryl Underwood appeared to be particularly enamored with his high-energy performance. Stephen Daw, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2019 Like his more famous contemporary, Spencer was enamored with the idea of evolution. Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2020 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English enamouren, from Anglo-French enamourer, from en- + amour love — more at amour
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- telephoning
- telephonist
- telephonists
- telephonitis
- telephony
- telephoto
- telephoto lens
- telephotograph
- telephotographed
- telephotographic
- telephotographic lens
- telephotographies
- telephotographing
- telephotographs
- telephotography
- telephotometer
- telephotos
- teleplasm
- teleplasmic
- teleplay
- teleplays
- teleport
- teleportation
- teleportations
- teleported